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* In the second episode of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[ExtravertedNerd Jaune]] wonders where he'll find a quirky girl to talk to ([[TheHero Ruby]] having just walked off) and walks off-camera revealing one of the [[FacelessMasses silhouette characters]] now has a proper 3D model (she turns out to be Pyrrha, who ends up as his partner).

** In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'' episode "Get the Show On the Road," Professor Birch does this when he grabs his 3 Pokeballs off his table to help Ash.

* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Get the Show On the Road," Professor Birch does this when he grabs his 3 Pokeballs off his table to help Ash.
* In ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', during the clone battle, the clone Blastoise was pushing the real one against the wall and the back of his shell filled the screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "Stop, Look and Ed", this happens when the neighborhood kids are about to punish the Eds for their antics. In an interesting variation, they are depicted as black silhouettes that consume the screen, setting up a fade-in transition showing the Eds' fate.

** In the movie ''Anime/DetectiveConanFilm02TheFourteenthTarget'', While Conan saw someone on a motorcycle with a crossbow in a crack in Dr. Agasa's house, Dr. Agasa soon enters the screen blocking him and Conan's reflection.

** In the movie ''The Fourteenth Target'', While Conan saw someone on a motorcycle with a crossbow in a crack in Dr. Agasa's house, Dr. Agasa soon enters the screen blocking him and Conan's reflection.

Similar to UnrevealAngle.

* ''[[Manga/DetectiveConan Case Closed/Detective Conan]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Word of the Day". In the very beginning there is a huge round figure that fills up the screen. Then the camera zooms out to reveal it's the back of Tommy's head blocking Angelica's view of the TV.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "The Dark Hand" Tohru's back fills the screen as he gets to Uncle at his desk and takes him.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Get the Show On the Road". Professor Birch does this when he grabs his 3 Pokeballs off his table to help Ash.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', Timon is in the middle of one of his "[[LiteralMinded look beyond what you see]]" moments when he suddenly recoils and exclaims, "Hey! How am I supposed to look beyond what I see, beyond ''that''?" From his POV, we see a backside view of Pumbaa. Pumbaa apologies and moves aside, revealing [[spoiler:the ravine where the wildebeest stampede from the original movie took place]].

At times, like when a character is giving another something like a makeover, that character's back fills up the screen while s/he is doing it. And once that character moves aside, the other one is revealed. Or sometimes when a character is revealing some invention, they'll hide it, and will reveal it once they turn around. Or when a group of people are gathering around one individual, there is one whose back completely fills the screen.

* In the 2000 movie ''Monster Mash'', Frankenstein, or Frank, halts some loose heads and heads and asks for a rematch, walking towards them and filling the screen with his back.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. Wooly the Mammoth does this when he hands the dizzy Danny and Pudge his peanut tea.
* In ''Disney/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', Timon is in the middle of one of his "[[LiteralMinded look beyond what you see]]" moments when he suddenly recoils and exclaims, "Hey! How am I supposed to look beyond what I see, beyond ''that''?" From his POV, we see a backside view of Pumbaa. Pumbaa apologies and moves aside, revealing [[spoiler:the ravine where the wildebeest stampede from the original movie took place]].
* In the 2000 movie ''Monster Mash'', Frankenstein, or Frank, halts some loose heads and heads and asks for a rematch, walking towards them and filling the screen with his back.
* ''Film/{{Robots}}'' played this for laughs when Madame Gasket busts into the room where Ratchet was having a massage. When he asked her how she got in, she says that she knows how turn up in places. When she moved away, Ratchet saw how she got through: She made a hole through the wall.

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* As part of Wrestling/MarkHenry's entrance, the camera starts behind him to highlight just how big he is.
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At times, like when character is giving another something like makeover, that character's back is filling up the screen while s/he is doing it. And once that character moves aside, the other one is revealed in front. Or sometimes when character is revealing some invention, they'll hide it, and will reveal it once they turn around. Or even when a group of people are gathering around one individual, there is one whose back completely fills the screen.

At times, like when character is giving another something like makeover, that character's back is filling up the screen while s/he is doing it. And once that character moves aside, the other one is revealed in front. Or sometimes when character is revealing some invention, they'd usually hide over it, and will reveal it once they turn around. Or even when a group of people are gathering around one individual, there is one who's back completely fills the screen.

* Done oddly in KungFuHustle: When Sing and the mute girl meet each other in the denouement, the camera spins around the two; when the girl passes through the camera and obstructing Sing's view in the process, suddenly Sing turns into his younger self.

* ''Manga/CaseClosed''/ ''Manga/DetectiveConan''

* ''Anime/CaseClosed''/ ''Anime/DetectiveConan''

* In the second episode of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[ExtrovertedNerd Jaune]] wonders where he'll find a quirky girl to talk to ([[TheHero Ruby]] having just walked off) and walks off-camera revealing one of the [[FacelessMasses silhouette characters]] now has a proper 3D model (she turns out to be Pyrrha, who ends up as his partner).

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* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' episode "Amazing Shrinking Taz and Co." when a clan of flies capture Taz, Bull, and Axl, the queen goes up to them and her back fills the screen when she reaches them.

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